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Boyter, John Merchant, Charles Merchant, Orrin Puffer, Ephriam O. Puffer, Hannah Gale, Henry C. Gale, Lafayette Shepherd were also among the early settlers.
Charles Merchant (1842-1904) and John Merchant (1850-1927) came from Australia with their mother, about 1862. They lived at the home of Lafayette Shepherd. By purchasing Mr. Shepherd's interest and by homesteading, these men obtained patents to a section of North Creek farming land in 1890.
Ephriam O. Puffer and Orrin Puffer worked as partners. They obtained their land from Dr. Christian. Theophihis Slagowski, a tailor of Polish nationality, James Warby, who with his five sons operated a lime kiln on the mountains west of Beaver, William A. Twitchell, who came from the Manderfield area near Beaver, Charles Van Vliet who brought his family from Circleville, James Valentine and Henry Green all settled along North Creek.
Naturally, agriculture was and is the main occupation of this valley, but there have been other lines of work followed at various times. A sawmill in Harris Canyon, later moved to Pole Canyon, was operated by a Mr. Blackner and his three sons, John, Henry and Len. Of late date, a sawmill was run by Tom and Frank Orson Holbrook. Thomas Whornham operated a shingle mill nearby. James Valentine, Titus Greenwood and William A. Twitchell did lime burning at Sheeprock. The Gorilla Mine was operated five or six years and was one of several gold mines developed about 1906. The Sheeprock and the Beaver Gold mines were running about the same period.
The first school at North Creek was built about 1893, or 1894. Nearly 30 students were in attendance. Edward Tolton was the first teacher, James McGarry the second. This building still stands and is a part of Dell Evans' home. It has been moved from its original site

Boyter, John Merchant, Charles Merchant, Orrin Puffer, Ephriam O. Puffer, Hannah Gale, Henry C. Gale, Lafayette Shepherd were also among the early settlers.
Charles Merchant (1842-1904) and John Merchant (1850-1927) came from Australia with their mother, about 1862. They lived at the home of Lafayette Shepherd. By purchasing Mr. Shepherd's interest and by homesteading, these men obtained patents to a section of North Creek farming land in 1890.
Ephriam O. Puffer and Orrin Puffer worked as partners. They obtained their land from Dr. Christian. Theophihis Slagowski, a tailor of Polish nationality, James Warby, who with his five sons operated a lime kiln on the mountains west of Beaver, William A. Twitchell, who came from the Manderfield area near Beaver, Charles Van Vliet who brought his family from Circleville, James Valentine and Henry Green all settled along North Creek.
Naturally, agriculture was and is the main occupation of this valley, but there have been other lines of work followed at various times. A sawmill in Harris Canyon, later moved to Pole Canyon, was operated by a Mr. Blackner and his three sons, John, Henry and Len. Of late date, a sawmill was run by Tom and Frank Orson Holbrook. Thomas Whornham operated a shingle mill nearby. James Valentine, Titus Greenwood and William A. Twitchell did lime burning at Sheeprock. The Gorilla Mine was operated five or six years and was one of several gold mines developed about 1906. The Sheeprock and the Beaver Gold mines were running about the same period.
The first school at North Creek was built about 1893, or 1894. Nearly 30 students were in attendance. Edward Tolton was the first teacher, James McGarry the second. This building still stands and is a part of Dell Evans' home. It has been moved from its original site